---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-003300"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GCO"
cik: "0000018498"
company_name: "GENESCO INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T00:08:05.978570+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genesco Q4 net sales $728M (+14% YoY); adj EPS $3.48 vs $2.76; FY adj EPS $7.62 record; FY23 guidance $7.00-$7.75

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $728M (+14% YoY, +7% vs pre-pandemic); gross margin 48.9% (+310bps vs last year).
- Adjusted EPS from cont ops $3.48 (Q4) vs $2.76 last year; FY adj EPS $7.62 record vs $(1.18) loss in FY21.
- FY22 full-year net sales $2.4B (+36% YoY); operating cash flow $240M; repurchased $82.8M in stock (9% of shares outstanding).
- Fiscal 2023 guidance: adj EPS $7.00-$7.75 (near midpoint); sales growth 2-4%; tax rate 27-28%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-003300
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GCO
- cik: 0000018498
- company_name: GENESCO INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000095017022003300/0000950170-22-003300-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000095017022003300/gco-20220310.htm

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